Back-band hook



(No Model.)

J. B. MOORE.

BACK BAND HOOK.

Patented-Sept 7:1886.

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JESSE B. MOORE, OF ELDORADO, ARKANSAS.

BACK-BAND HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,571, datedSeptember '7, 1886.

7 Application filed May .28, 1886. Serial No. 203,541.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEssE B. MooRE. acitizen of the United States,residing at Eldora' do, in the county of Union and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles and BackBand Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention has relation to buckles and backhand hooks; and it consistsin the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fullyset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View of my hook,loop, and backband. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the hook, pin, andloop. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the pin and loop. Fig. 4 is a faceview of the pin, with part of the loop cut away. Figs. 5 and 6 areadditional figures of the plate 1, showing different forms of the lowerpart of the same.

My invention is described as follows: I make a plate, 1, having anelongated slot, 2, lengthwise in the same. From one edge of the plate Iextend two arms, 3, which come together at their lower end and terminatein a hook, 4; or they may be of different forms, suited to the diflerentpurposes to which said buckle may be applied. In this slot fits a pin,5, having a flange, 6, which is V-shaped, the beveled edge being downand fitting into slot 2. To the lower face of this pin I attach a loop,7, leaving an elongated slot, 8, which is the length of the slot 2 inthe hook 1.

Fig. 4 is a modified form of the pin 5, having part of the loop 7 cutaway, leaving two inturned arms, 10, to enable the band to be put inmore easily.

(N0 model.)

I insert the back-band 9 into the hook as follows: The said back-band islooped over the top of the pin 5 and passed through the slot 8. and thenboth ends of the said band are passed down through said slot 2 of hook1, and when the back-band is pulled on the pin is drawn tight down intothe said slot and grasps the back-band between itself and either edge ofsaid slot 2, and prevents it from slipping. The loop 7 keeps the pin 5from falling off from the band 9, and the band passing through the slot8 keeps the pin in place. The flange 6 of the pin, fitting in the slot 2of the hook 1, also serves to keep the pin in place.

The above-described back-band hook is applicable to and may be used fora great many purposes-such as the buckle of a back-band hook, of asurcingle and girth ring, as a suspender-buckle, and for many otherpurposes.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In a buckle or back-band hook, the combination of the plate 1, havingthe elongated slot 2 and the arms 3, with pin 5, having the V-shapedflange 6, loop 7, and slot 8, said flange fitting loosely in the saidslot 2 and provided with a suitable hook, substantially as shown, andfor the purposes set forth.

2. In a buckle or back-band hook, the combination of the plate 1, havingthe elongated slot 2 and arms 3, with the pin5, having the V-shapedflange 6 and the inturned arms 10, said flange fitting loosely in thesaid slot 2 and provided with a suitable hook, all substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig nature,in presence of twowitnesses, this 24th day of May, 1886.

'JESSE B. MOORE.

Witnesses:

PAUL BAKEWELL, EDWARD A. FURREL.

